Toppers Pizza in QSR

Toppers Pizza recently featured in QSR in an article titled, "Fall Spurs Brands Into Action in Fight Against Hunger." The article details how the Toppers Pizza has partnered with Feeding America®, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Scott Gittrich elaborated on the brands past success and proceeds given to Feeding America, and can explain how the brand is on-track for another record-breaking year in 2013. Every dollar donated to Feeding America® provides eight meals for families in need. He also elaborated on how Toppers is proud of its partnership with Feeding America® because of their commitment to giving back 75% of the money raised to the individual market in which it was collected. In order to spread awareness throughout Toppers’ units nationwide, Toppers Pizza franchisees have made Feeding America® a focal point at their specific locations, from developing Topperstix eating contests to creating special menu promotions. Click here for the entire article or begin below.

Fall Spurs Brands Into Action in Fight Against Hunger

By: Marlee Murphy

Fall hunger-relief initiatives like September’s Hunger Action Month and last week’s World Food Day from the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) have spurred quick serves into action to thwart the global hunger problem.

Taco Bell raised a record $3 million through its World Hunger Relief promotion, which ran September 26 through October 17. Customers were offered an opportunity to donate $1 to the WFP, which reaches more than 97 million people in 80 countries.

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Toppers featured on PizzaMarketplace.com

Toppers featured on PizzaMarketplace.com in an article titled, "Toppers on track to break fundraising record for hunger organization." The article details how Toppers has partnered with Feeding America, and is on track to break its fundraising record this year for domestic hunger relief.  Click here for the entire article or begin below.

Toppers on track to break fundraising record for hunger organization

Wisconsin-based Toppers Pizza is on track to break its fundraising record for domestic hunger relief organization Feeding America.

The chain raised $46,328 in 2011, the equivalent of 370,624 meals, and $50,000 in 2012, the equivalent of 400,000 meals, according to a news release.

"We wanted to give back through a method that directly reflected and connected with what we stand for, which is feeding people," said Scott Gittrich, president and founder of Toppers. "Through our partnership with Feeding America, we are able to come together not as one brand, but as one family dedicated to helping fight against hunger in America."

Every dollar donated to Feeding America provides eight meals for families in need, according to the organization. In 2012, Gittrich personally matched 50 cents for every dollar the company raised that year. In order to further drive awareness to the cause, he matched dollar for dollar in December of 2012.

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Share A Meal: Toppers Pizza Forms National Partnership with Feeding America

There’s no better birthday present than giving to those in need. That’s what Scott Gittrich, Founder and CEO of Toppers Pizza, thought when the brand turned 20 years old this year. Therefore, on the heels of its milestone birthday, Toppers Pizza announced a new partnership with the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity, Feeding America®.

“The Toppers Pizza executive team spent a lot of time choosing a charity that aligns with our mission,” said Gittrich. “At the end of the day, Feeding America® encompasses what we stand for, which is feeding people.”

Every dollar donated will help provide eight meals for Feeding America. Even prior to Toppers officially launching the partnership on August 8, it has raised $8,000 from employee contributions, putting it nearer to its year-end goal of $40,000.

According to Gittrich, another reason the booming pizza franchise selected Feeding America® as its national charity is because they reached an agreement where 75% of the money raised goes back to the local market in which it was raised.

“Our franchisees are fully ingrained in their local markets and the fact that Feeding America was able to work with us so that the monetary contributions raised for Feeding America® in a local market will directly impact that market was huge for us,” Gittrich said.

As Toppers Pizza continues to expand nationwide through its franchising model, the relationship with Feeding America® will continue to grow as well. Next year, it has committed to donate a minimum of $70,000, which helps provide 560,000 meals. When it adds 100 locations by 2013, it has promised Feeding America® a minimum $100,000, which helps provide 800,000 meals.

All franchisees will make Feeding America® a focal point at their specific locations, from Topperstix eating contests to special menu promotions. Toppers franchisees will also ask the community to help it achieve its goals through special campaigns and partnerships with their local food banks..

“This is a partnership that we hope will last another 20 years when we are celebrating our 40th birthday. By that time, hopefully we will have donated millions of dollars and helped millions of hungry people,” said Gittrich.